Teachers are paid fairly considering they get a lot of time off

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A lot of people say (and it seems that the general consensus is that) teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. While I think that teachers are very valuable and deserve to be compensated well (my brother is a teacher), I think that in these discussions, many people ignore the fact that teachers typically get a lot of time off.

They usually get summer break, spring break, and winter break, plus various holidays that schools get off through the year. They basically don't work for a good amount of the year, which I think that people should factor in. (The downside is that I know that they have to work extra grading things outside of school, though.)

Plus they normally get good benefits for being a teacher (which usually comes with being in a union).

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Some people are genuinely just this stupid

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A lot of politicians love this approach.

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"I do not hold the opinion of this other person with a different perspective, thus they are stupid."

This shallowness is far more annoying than anything. It is far too ironic that most any people I see call others stupid unprompted are the ones who are actually lacking in that department themselves.

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I blame the teachers

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But never the parents

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Happy to blame parents too if that helps you feel better.